Chapter Summaries

Kanami explained that he had invited Orochimaru to settle in Konoha so he could collaborate with Katasuke Tono, but Tsunade objected because of Orochimaru’s past experiments. Orochimaru claimed he had stopped those experiments, leaving Tsunade uncertain whether to trust him.

• Orochimaru revealed that Kanami had invited him to Konoha, prompting the village ninja to question Kanami’s judgment.
• Kanami confirmed that he had wanted Orochimaru to settle in Konoha, and Tsunade cleared the onlookers away before asking him to explain.
• Kanami said Orochimaru should work with Katasuke Tono because of his research talent.
• Tsunade rejected the idea, citing Orochimaru’s experiments on infants.
• Orochimaru claimed he had stopped those experiments and said his earlier research had been conducted with Shimura Danzō’s backing, but Tsunade remained doubtful.

Tsunade agreed to let Orochimaru return to Konoha after he warned that Akatsuki and Iwagakure planned to attack that day. Kanami helped Tsunade accept the warning and arranged for the village to prepare, leaving one of his clones guarding the gate.

• Tsunade worried that villagers would reject Orochimaru because he had caused Hiruzen Sarutobi's death, and Kanami suggested ways to handle his return.
• Orochimaru revealed that Akatsuki planned to join Ōnoki and Iwagakure in an all-out attack on Konoha that day.
• Kanami and Hinata Hyuga vouched for Orochimaru, and Tsunade allowed him to return on the condition that he report his experiments and avoid inhumane ones.
• Tsunade ordered Kanami and Hinata Hyuga to alert Elephant and ANBU, then took Orochimaru to the Konoha Research Institute.
• Kanami created three shadow clones to carry out errands and guard the gate before leaving for the shopping street with Hinata Hyuga.

Konoha entered combat readiness after Kanami warned that Iwagakure and Akatsuki might attack, prompting the Hyuga clan to prepare for war. As Ōnoki and Akatsuki waited to launch their assault, Obito Uchiha decided to retrieve Orochimaru, who had apparently gone astray.

• Elephant gathered the ANBU squad captains and ordered all ANBU members, including those on leave, to enter combat readiness.
• Kanami's Shadow Clone warned Hyuga Hiashi that Iwagakure and Akatsuki were likely to attack Konoha, and Hiashi urged Kanami and Hinata to stay safe.
• Hyuga Hiashi called an emergency clan meeting and ordered the Hyuga clan to prepare for battle; the Second Elder awkwardly urged everyone to follow Hiashi's words.
• Ōnoki told Pain's Deva Path that their forces would wait until nightfall to attack Konoha.
• Black Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that his teammate Orochimaru seemed to have lost his way, and Obito said he would bring him back.

Obito Uchiha discovered that Orochimaru had abandoned his base, killed most of the imprisoned creatures there, and left through Kamui. Meanwhile, Ōnoki and Nagato’s force reached Konoha, where Pain hesitated at the village gate before Ōnoki attacked.

• Obito Uchiha reached Orochimaru’s empty Hidden Sound Village base and found that Orochimaru had fled.
• Obito Uchiha killed nearly all the prisoners who mocked him with Wood Release, then left through Kamui.
• Ōnoki and Nagato led their forces across the Fire Country and arrived at Konoha’s outskirts before dawn.
• Pain stopped outside Konoha’s gate after noticing the barrier and suspecting an ambush.
• Ōnoki called out Pain’s hesitation and formed a Dust Release attack.

Ōnoki killed a Black Ghost Ninja who provoked him, then argued with Pain's Deva Path outside Konoha while the village waited in ambush. Tired and unwilling to wait for the Hokage, Kanami used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear alone above the gate and challenge the invaders.

• Ōnoki killed a Black Ghost Ninja with Dust Release after the ninja shouted at him, and Kitsuchi warned him that someone had leaked their plans.
• Ōnoki and Pain's Deva Path traded accusations and insults while Konoha's hidden ninjas listened from behind the village barrier.
• Kanami told Hyuga Hiashi and Hinata Hyuga that he wanted the standoff to end so he could get some sleep, despite their warning that the enemy might be setting a trap.
• Kanami ignored the ninjas urging him to wait for the Hokage and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear alone above Konoha's gate.
• Kanami asked the gathered invaders why they were making so much noise and whether they could not let him sleep.

Kanami appeared atop Konoha’s plaque and told Ōnoki and Pain’s Deva Path to stop arguing, drawing attention to his identity and legendary reputation. Ōnoki learned that Kanami wielded the Flying Thunder God Technique, while the ninja gathered outside Konoha debated whether the stories about him were true.

• Kanami stepped onto Konoha’s plaque and interrupted Ōnoki and Pain’s Deva Path, prompting the gathered ninja to recognize him as Red.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Hinata Hyuga watched from inside the village as Konoha’s ninja wondered why Kanami had appeared and whether an attack had been ordered.
• Ōnoki asked Pain’s Deva Path to confirm Kanami’s identity, and Pain warned him that Kanami’s speed made Dust Release difficult to use against him.
• Pain revealed that Kanami used the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Ōnoki admitted that he would have to predict Kanami’s movements.
• Ninja from Iwagakure and Kumogakure recalled Red’s reported victories, including killing the Third Raikage and holding off ten thousand ninja, and debated whether the stories were real.

Kanami used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to devastate Ōnoki's advance force as Ōnoki and Pain's Deva Path tried to repel the trees. Hinata Hyuga appeared to protect Kanami from Pain's attraction, while Ōnoki struggled to save his troops and his aching back.

• Rumors that Ōnoki feared Red and planned to retreat spread through the advance force, and Kitsuchi asked Ōnoki about them.
• Ōnoki denied the rumors and scolded Kitsuchi, but Kanami's Deep Forest Emergence suddenly sent massive trees bursting through the ranks.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release and Pain's Deva Path used Shinra Tensei to fend off the trees, while Pain tried to pull Kanami in with Banshō Ten'in.
• Hinata Hyuga appeared beside Kanami and countered Pain's attraction, and Kanami told Pain that she was his wife.
• Ōnoki kept cutting through trees to save his advance force as his back began to hurt and the seemingly endless attack continued.

Kanami’s Wood Release devastated the Iwagakure ninja while Konoha’s defenders watched through the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan. As the attack weakened, Hinata Hyuga activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and prepared a powerful technique, alarming Pain’s Deva Path.

• Hyuga Hiashi ordered clan members to use their Byakugan and report Kanami’s attack to the hidden Konoha ninja.
• The Hyuga members described Kanami’s Wood Release killing Iwagakure ninja, while Konoha’s defenders praised his strength and discussed his failed Chunin exams.
• An ANBU commander interrupted the defenders, and they identified him as Lord Elephant, who seemed fond of Kanami.
• Kanami told Hinata Hyuga to stop her large-scale Wood Release as it weakened after killing nearly half the Iwagakure ninja.
• Hinata Hyuga activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode, floated into the air, and launched Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion as Pain’s Deva Path sensed her power.

Hinata unleashed the Tenseigan technique Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion against Pain, Ōnoki, and the invading ninja army. Ōnoki and the Six Paths of Pain escaped, but the tornado devastated the remaining forces, and Hinata sought reassurance from Kanami afterward.

• Hinata used Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and Hyuga Hiashi identified it as the power of the Tenseigan.
• Pain's Preta Path tried to absorb the silver tornado, but the Six Paths of Pain realized it could not be absorbed as ordinary ninjutsu.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release to erase part of the tornado, then grabbed Kitsuchi and fled with the Ultra-Light Rock Technique.
• The tornado tore through the battlefield, killing and injuring the ninja army while Ōnoki and the Six Paths of Pain escaped its reach.
• Hinata worried that her attack had been too cruel, and Kanami comforted her by reminding her that she had acted to protect their village.

Hinata Hyuga’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion devastated the battlefield and killed over a hundred elite ninja, leaving Ōnoki and Pain’s Six Paths alive. As Pain’s Naraka Path restored the other Paths with the King of Hell, Kanami explained the jutsu and Hinata grew suspicious of his knowledge; the chapter ended with Konoha’s defenders learning that Lady Hinata had wiped out the enemy vanguard in one move.

• Hinata Hyuga’s attack further wrecked the battlefield and annihilated Ōnoki’s vanguard along with Pain’s black-skinned ninja cannon fodder.
• Ōnoki mourned the destruction of Iwagakure’s forces as the Six Paths of Pain emerged from the forest, with the Preta Path’s arms torn off.
• Nagato used the Naraka Path to summon the King of Hell, which swallowed four Paths of Pain and restored their injuries.
• Kanami explained the King of Hell’s healing ability to Hinata Hyuga and advised that the Naraka Path must be killed to stop it.
• Hinata accepted Kanami’s explanation that he had seen the jutsu in Amegakure, though she remained surprised by how much he knew.
• A Hyuga clansman told Konoha’s defenders that Lady Hinata had shredded over a hundred elite ninja with one move, while Ōnoki and several members of Akatsuki remained alive.

Kanami and Hinata Hyuga annihilated an elite force of over a hundred Iwagakure ninja, leaving Konoha’s assembled defenders stunned and with nothing to do. Tsunade learned what had happened and went to meet them, finding them atop the signboard at Konoha’s entrance.

• Konoha’s ninja and the Hyuga Clan celebrated as they learned Kanami and Hinata Hyuga had wiped out the enemy force with their combined strength.
• Tsunade arrived and rebuked the gathered ninja for talking instead of preparing for battle.
• An ANBU ninja told Tsunade that Kanami and Hinata had annihilated over a hundred elite enemy ninja.
• Tsunade sent the assembled clans to remain on standby and followed the ANBU ninja to find Kanami and Hinata.
• Tsunade saw Kanami and Hinata standing atop the signboard at Konoha’s entrance.

Kanami and Hinata stopped the Asura Path’s missile attack, but Nagato refused to retreat and committed himself to one final assault. The Deva Path unleashed Planetary Devastation on Konoha, leaving the village facing a massive gravitational threat.

• Tsunade arrived as Kanami and Hinata intercepted the Asura Path’s missiles and returned safely to Konoha.
• Nagato told Konan that Kanami and Hinata had crippled most of the Six Paths, but insisted on fighting rather than retreating.
• Nagato concentrated his control on the Deva Path, while the Animal Path summoned beasts to guard against Kanami’s Flying Thunder God Technique.
• The Deva Path formed a black sphere and used Planetary Devastation to pull Konoha’s walls, earth, and entrance plaque into the sky.

Kanami used his Mangekyō Sharingan and Complete Body Susanoo to destroy the Deva Path's Planetary Devastation, saving the Konoha ninja caught in its pull. Nagato realized Kanami knew who he was, but refused to accept defeat, while the battlefield began questioning Kanami's connection to the Uchiha Clan.

• The Deva Path used Planetary Devastation, pulling Kanami and the surrounding Konoha ninja toward its black sphere.
• Kanami awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, formed a Complete Body Susanoo, and smashed the black sphere with his Spiral Sword.
• The Deva Path's Planetary Devastation collapsed, and the ninja and earth caught in its pull fell back to the ground.
• Nagato heard Kanami call his name and admitted to Konan that he had lost, but then refused to give up.
• The Konoha ninja praised Kanami, while Hyuga Hiashi and others wondered how Kanami could use Susanoo and whether he was an Uchiha.

Kanami confronted Pain’s Deva Path after revealing that his Susanoo came from the original owner of his eyes, not Uchiha heritage. He found Nagato and Konan’s hiding place and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Nagato directly.

• Sasuke Uchiha claimed Kanami was an Uchiha because he had awakened Susanoo, while Naruto Uzumaki also rushed to the front before ANBU sent them both back.
• Tsunade wondered about Kanami’s parentage, and Kanami explained that his eyes’ former owner had powerful ocular strength and his Chakra Tons had triggered Susanoo.
• When Pain’s Deva Path called out, Kanami told Hinata Hyuga to stop using Tenseigan Chakra Mode and went to confront him.
• Kanami exposed Nagato and Konan’s hiding place, and Nagato became despondent as he questioned whether he was still a god.
• Kanami told Nagato he knew about his past with Yahiko and Konan, then teleported from the Deva Path to Nagato using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

After Kanami vanished with Akatsuki's leader, Tsunade led Konoha's forces in a counterattack against Ōnoki's retreating army. The Iwagakure force suffered heavy losses as it fled, and Tsunade stopped the pursuit so survivors could spread word of Ōnoki's defeat.

• Ōnoki ordered the Iwagakure forces to retreat after Kanami disappeared with Akatsuki's leader.
• Tsunade and the Konoha ninja charged after the Iwagakure army while Hinata Hyuga went to find Kanami.
• Kitsuchi struggled to relay Ōnoki's retreat order to the newly arrived Iwagakure ninja.
• Konoha's barrage killed nearly half of the confused Iwagakure force, and the survivors fled.
• Tsunade fought through the fleeing ninja before halting the pursuit so a few survivors could report Ōnoki's defeat.

Kanami brought Nagato and Konan to his home to discuss their ideals of peace, while Hinata joined him after worrying about his sudden departure. Nagato and Konan were stunned to find the Two-Tails, Matatabi, there as Hinata’s friend, and Nagato questioned whether bringing them to Konoha was safe.

• Kanami entered Nagato and Konan’s hiding place, and Konan prepared to attack until Nagato stopped her.
• Hinata arrived, explained that she had followed because she was worried about Kanami, and he apologized for leaving without telling her.
• Kanami used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Hinata, Nagato, Konan, and the Deva Path to his home.
• Nagato and Konan recognized Matatabi and were surprised that Kanami and Hinata treated the Two-Tails as a friend.
• Nagato warned Kanami that he could use ninjutsu to flatten the house and asked whether Kanami feared a sudden attack.

Kanami claimed he could see through the river of time and used his knowledge to convince Nagato and Konan that his power was real. After he answered Konan’s questions about the Sage of Six Paths, Matatabi wondered whether Kanami could be the Sage’s reincarnation.

• Kanami identified Nagato’s unused ultimate jutsu as Super Shinra Tensei and claimed he could see through the river of time.
• Kanami named Jiraiya as Nagato and Konan’s teacher, leaving Konan convinced that his claim might be true.
• Kanami said the Sage of Six Paths had really existed and explained why he established Ninshu and taught humans to use chakra.
• Matatabi was stunned by Kanami’s answers and wondered if he was the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths.

Kanami challenged Nagato’s plan to maintain peace with Tailed Beast Weapons, explaining that it would fail after Nagato’s death. He proposed uniting every ninja village, leaving Nagato stirred by the idea of unifying the Ninja World.

• Nagato asked Konan whether Kanami’s claims were true, and Konan admitted she did not know.
• Konan apologized to Kanami and thanked him for sparing her and Nagato, while Hinata Hyuga admired him.
• Kanami warned Nagato that the masked man and Black Zetsu planned to betray him and that his peace would not last after his death.
• Nagato offered Kanami a place in Akatsuki and then proposed making him its leader, but Kanami refused and joked that he would dissolve the organization.
• Kanami argued that lasting peace required unifying the ninja villages, and Nagato was struck by the possibility of unifying the entire Ninja World.

Kanami explained to Nagato why small villages needed power and persuaded him and Konan that he understood their struggle. After Konan gave paper flowers to Kanami and Hinata, Kanami realized their conversation had made them miss breakfast and worried they had disrupted his health routine.

• Nagato warned Kanami that his plan could unite the major villages against him, but Kanami explained how the major villages exploited small ones and dismissed their suffering.
• Nagato praised Kanami's insight and suggested he might be the child of prophecy, while Konan apologized for doubting him and gave him a paper flower.
• Konan offered Hinata Hyuga a paper flower, and Kanami placed both flowers on the bedside table using his Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Kanami joked that he had been teleporting around because he feared Nagato and Konan might capture Hinata and the Two-Tails Matatabi, leaving them speechless.
• Hinata asked whether anyone wanted breakfast, and Kanami panicked that they had stayed up too late and disrupted their health routine.
• Nagato realized Kanami had meant that they were too noisy when he had told them to stop arguing.

Kanami explained why he had attacked the Iwagakure ninja and told Nagato to abandon Madara Uchiha, then brought Nagato and Konan to meet Tsunade. In the crowded Hokage’s Office, Kanami challenged the ninja accusing him of colluding with Akatsuki, leaving Tsunade to judge the dispute.

• Nagato asked why Kanami had attacked the Iwagakure ninja, and Kanami said their noise had disturbed his rest.
• Kanami urged Nagato to stop working for Madara Uchiha, while Nagato admitted he had decided to give up after Akatsuki was crushed.
• Itachi Uchiha arrived too late to intervene and left to see Sasuke.
• Konan asked Kanami and Hinata to take her and Nagato to see the Hokage so Kanami would not bear the stigma of colluding with the enemy.
• Kanami brought Nagato and Konan to Tsunade’s crowded office, where ninja argued over whether he had betrayed Konoha.
• Kanami challenged the accuser to attack him and asked if he was convinced Kanami had colluded with Akatsuki.